{"id":39654,"date":"2012-01-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2012\/01\/04\/unmc-announces-first-vital-pin-recipients\/"},"modified":"2012-01-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T06:00:00","slug":"unmc-announces-first-vital-pin-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2012\/01\/04\/unmc-announces-first-vital-pin-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC announces first Vital Pin recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Below is a list of employees who have earned Vital Pins as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2011\/10\/21\/enhanced-thank-u-program-starts-monday\/\" target=\"_blanK\" rel=\"noopener\">UNMC Vital Thank &#8216;U&#8217; program<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The program &#8212; an updated version of the Thank &#8216;U&#8217; employee appreciation program that has been in operation at UNMC for 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